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Recent Examples of animators
The trailer will be available as part of free animation sample project teaming Unreal Engine and Agora Studios to produce free animation sample project, allowing animators to see what other animates are doing.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Beveridge said working on the project exposed the hundreds of animators and other crew members to the vast audience of K-pop.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
It is being touted as the first anime film created by a Black and Japanese team of producers and animators.
—Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
However, with this one, Matheny and the animators don't try to reinvent the wheel.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
Writers, lawyers, translators, interpreters, anyone whose intellectual, critical-thinking job can be bridged or at least greatly closed by AI — animators are no different.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
During that time, the US State Department also sent Walt Disney and animators on a trip to South America to build and strengthen relationships there as a bulwark against Nazi encroachment on the Americas.
—Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
The museum traces California’s rich history from the late 19th century to the present through artworks by leading California Scene artists and Hollywood studio artists and animators.
—Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
And McGriff heads the CineOdyssey Film Festival, which is entering a new phase this year focusing on animation, and specifically Black animators.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Beveridge said working on the project exposed the hundreds of animators and other crew members to the vast audience of K-pop.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
It is being touted as the first anime film created by a Black and Japanese team of producers and animators.
—Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
However, with this one, Matheny and the animators don't try to reinvent the wheel.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
Writers, lawyers, translators, interpreters, anyone whose intellectual, critical-thinking job can be bridged or at least greatly closed by AI — animators are no different.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
During that time, the US State Department also sent Walt Disney and animators on a trip to South America to build and strengthen relationships there as a bulwark against Nazi encroachment on the Americas.
—Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
The museum traces California’s rich history from the late 19th century to the present through artworks by leading California Scene artists and Hollywood studio artists and animators.
—Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
And McGriff heads the CineOdyssey Film Festival, which is entering a new phase this year focusing on animation, and specifically Black animators.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for animators
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Thus far, even British autonomous software startups like Wayve and Oxa haven’t been allowed to conduct fully autonomous testing—without safety drivers or remote supervision—on public roads.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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Miranda notes that the entire furniture ecosystem involves American citizens who could be hurt by tariffs — everyone from the longshoremen at the ports where imports arrive, to the truck drivers, warehouse workers and store employees.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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But blocking funds is also a way to pressure officials and agencies to comply with the administration’s demands.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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The federal government shuttered at the beginning of the month after Congress failed to break a funding deadlock and pass a measure to keep agencies running.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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The movie is produced by co-executors of the Michael Jackson estate, John Branca and John McClain, and stars Paris' cousin Jaafar Jackson, 29, as the late pop star.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Still, the executors of his estate pressed on and won.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
24 Sep. 2025
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The labels have for the most part taken a cautiously experimental approach to AI music in the past several years, granting licenses to a few companies to create tools like AI voice clones or music generators, but suing several developers who didn’t get licenses for their models.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Gas from Tehran fuels nearly a third of Iraq's electricity generation, yet frequent and prolonged outages remain common, forcing residents to rely on costly, polluting private generators.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
15 Oct. 2025
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Naming an interstate war based on the state in which the war is fought – while omitting the name of outside instigators – implies the culpability of that state.—
Esther Brito Ruiz,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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One of the main instigators, Starboard Value, is back for more.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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And that’s because the Biden-era incentives were, in large part, about China, too, with provisions to incentivize American battery factories and penalties for companies that didn’t build enough in the US.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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Workers are given incentives to leave the union, or threatened.—
Sourcing Journal,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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Ignoring the short-term noise, those looking for attractive investment opportunities can consider the stock picks of top Wall Street analysts, whose recommendations are based on a thorough analysis of a company’s fundamentals and growth catalysts.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
12 Oct. 2025
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And many serve as catalysts, accelerating chemical reactions that transform one molecule into another.—
Stavroula Alina Kampouri,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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Surveying 453 dog owners, scientists found that canines’ responses were strongly influenced by the type of stimuli—such as animals or objects—and their watching behavior, whether following the action or remaining still.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The receptors in your hands respond to myriad stimuli-like pressures—vibrations in sync with 15 different families of neurons.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Animators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animators. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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